diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c
index e18e9ce27f94..1cc3c51eff71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/sge.c
@@ -3175,6 +3175,7 @@ int t3_sge_alloc_qset(struct adapter *adapter, unsigned int id, int nports,
 			  GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_COMP);
 	if (!avail) {
 		CH_ALERT(adapter, "free list queue 0 initialization failed\n");
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err;
 	}
 	if (avail < q->fl[0].size)